Category: From Beth’s Desk
Well….Sometimes you just have to try AGAIN
I know I’m getting old, BUT a few weeks ago I posted some of my before and afters of flowers. WELL…. I forgot to post the before’s. And the really SAD thing about it is “I” didn’t even notice it…..I had to be told….OH MY… So, I’m going to TRY again, here is the before and after. Thank you noticing and thank you photo software.
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About the Photo
Everyone is still sleep here and I’m not thinking real clear…yet? Coffee in hand and I’ve been playing with photo’s. Isn’t if unbelievable how a simple photo can be changed into something pretty good. The top one is just a white rose with pink edges. A little Photoshop and here is the AFTER,
AFTER
This is one that was from a Holiday shoot and I loved the idea, but not the picture, but now I LIKE.
I need to get moving, laundry (towels) are not going to do themselves? Have a GREAT day.
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I met a Boy and We Married 39 years ago !
It’s been a ride, adventure and laughs ! It’s been hard, fun, presser driven and at time crazy. But, with time….a lot of time… 39 years, we have at figured out????
So YOUNG, so happy. He gave me two sons and those boys gave two daughter-in-laws, and four grand boys. I am blessed.
We are NOW ready for 39 more years !
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How to Mend a Quilt
I’m always on the look out for old quilts and IF I think I can save them I purchase them. They have to be washable and usable, nothing better to me no matter the temperature is a quilt to cuddle in. This is the Quilt AFTER, I am sharing this from my Quilt Ladies site, this post is NUTS on Pinterest ! follow me if you LIKE
3 blocks that needed attention,
I ALWAYS wash quilts before I mend, this one turned out
VERY nice, they usually do !
I like making a paper temple for the applique piece I’m adding
Try to make it exact and add seam allowance at the time of cutting (it’s easier to do this way)
This is the same fabric, one is the right side and one it the back side
Add the seam allowance and cut out piece 
Fold down the point and press
Fold the sides over, I like to press everything and I use the tip of the small scissors to hold as the fabric will get HOT !
Applique the pink down and I then hand quilted, forgot to picture !
3 baskets I fixed on this quilt
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Getting Old Part Two and with ONLY a bit of Grace
Things here have been a little bit crazy and I’m hoping for a bit of calm to settle over us. At times it still seems crazy, but I’ve adjusted or accepting a bit better lately. Read Last Month Part One
I have heard a lot this past month or so about empathy, and you are under the opinion I have none. And, as I’ve politely tried to say and will say here in my own way, bullshit.
Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within the other being’s frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another’s position.
And really I do get it….but, I’m moving through survival mode. My way is, look and solve the problem, see what is needed and what HAS to be done. I can’t seem to find empathy at those moments, but isn’t that empathy too, getting it done?
Long ago, a Hospice worker said to us, “Nothing but the truth is to be spoken from this time forward.” I hear her saying that in the back of my mind so often. It’s also a pretty good way to live one’s life.
As we settle in, the work has not stopped. The daily needs of life still have to be taken care of. I have learned to ask for help, to understand it’s alright to take time for me and that life becomes all about potty and poop. And, or the cleaning up of it.
Lessons learned.
- Ask the VERY hard questions, of yourself, of others, of services. EVERY thing you can think of, ask the questions.
- I had to fire the first service we had started. It was about Mom and what was best for her, not them, HER. This is where I have no empathy, it’s the momma bear in me.
- Everyone has an opinion and I do just what I think is best. I listen, I thank them, but we (Mom and I) talk it over and do what is needed.
- Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feelings with the heart of another and I like to add, ONLY after all the work is done.
I’ve learned to cry often (a hot shower is designed for that), WE laugh often and I NEVER fight or argue with her. Why…life always comes down to potty and poop.
Please be kind…or don’t leave a comment
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Quilts Around my House
Just a few more of the Quilts Around my House
Little applique, machine pieced, hand appliqued and quilted. Quilt measures seven inches by seven inches.
This is packing tubs set up as a bedroom to sale our home. This is the quilt that I use every night watching TV. Machine pieced and hand quilted.
The Quilt for the Grand’s to use here at our house, Grand #3 loved to play on it, eat lunch on it and have popcorn on it ! Machine pieced and hand quilted.
Husband’s office quilt from his working days. Machine pieced and hand quilted.
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From my Quilt Picture Files
I LOVE quilts and I’ve been making quilts for YEARS. A friend was over doing a project and wanted to see my quilts. It’s easier to show them in photos. I was taken a back with her response, “Why are you NOT showing them daily?” Well, I will be for the next few days. I’m running away for a few days, please don’t tell anyone…… I hope to get a video of them all soon too, but here is a few for you to see. Please take a moment to sign up on the right side for my newsletter.
This is from my red, white and blue period, I had a thing for it for about six months. Machine pieced and hand quilted
This is one of the quilts that I loved to piece and it’s STILL sitting waiting to be quilted. My pattern…my idea??? Machine pieced.
This is my Mom’s snuggle quilt, I made it about eight years ago for Christmas for her. Machine pieced and I hand quilted.
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Today is my Birthday !
And I’m getting OLD. Yes….OLD.
Yes, 59 in the NEW 39. Yeah, you keep believing that. It’s not, it’s 59.
Old bones, gray hair and these brown spots had seem to have a life of their own. It’s all about preservation at this time. Keep the body moving or things will start growing….Where it should NOT be growing. Where getting out of a chair can take on a whole process itself….REALLY. BUT, I’m laughing my way through it.. Or trying too, what’s a Lady to do ?
GET OLD…Wise and HAPPIER. And I Laugh, out loud. I know I shouldn’t sometimes, BUT, I’m OLD. So I do ! HA !
So today as most days it’s ALL ABOUT ME. Go over and purchase a quilt pattern for yourself and me !
So, it’s my Birthday and here are two of my Flower Photo’s. I LOVE them. These are “after’s” and then before’s. Just a bit of computer work on them. Nothing is really as it seems ! Not even 59 Years Old today…I AM 59??? Holy Shit…
Enjoy Each Day, Each moment and LAUGH, OUT LOUD !
Beth Ann
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